The Battle of Chosin, Chapter 1

Season 29 Episode 4

First chapter, “The Battle of Chosin” premieres Nov. 1 at 9/8c on American Experience PBS.

On Thanksgiving Day 1950, American-led United Nations troops were on the march in North Korea. U.S. Marine and Air Force pilots distributed holiday meals. But soon after that peaceful celebration, American military leaders , including General Douglas MacArthur, were caught off guard by the entrance of the People’s Republic of China, led by Mao Zedong into the five-month-old Korean War.

AIR DATE 11/1/16

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